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It's an interesting read. Nowhere in the text does the writer claim this was a real match, so I'll take it as a work of fiction.
The point made about her opponent, though! If he was 5'10 and 120 pounds, I can't see him on a school wrestling team. In fact, it would be painful to see a guy that skinny walking on the street.
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I entered high school at 5'6" and 95 pounds. (I graduated at 5'8" and 130.) Sometimes teenagers are ludicrously skinny. I wasn't sickly or from a poor family or anything - I just had a raging metabolism.
If I had tried out for wrestling, and it was 10 years in the future, I would have assuredly been wrestling girls.
Don't get me wrong - I also believe this is fiction written in first person - but for a 13-15 year old, that body type seems reasonable to me.